As Vanity Fair’s Mike Hogan points out in his recap of Sunday’s Homelandepisode, even the most divided viewers of Showtime’s Emmy-winning drama can agree on one thing: Dana Brody, the show’s angsty 16-year-old daughter of Nick, is pretty much “the worst.” (If only “the look” and chronic finger-touching were enough to inspire popularity.) Considering the outspokenness of Dana’s Internet detractors though, just how exactly is Morgan Saylor, the 18-year-old actress who portrays the most abhorred Brody-family member, taking all of this criticism?

According to a new Q&A with The Daily Beast, Saylor seems to be taking the insults as best as someone whose character has been branded “TV’s Most Hated Character” can. She tells The Daily Beast, “I guess it’s better that [the criticism is not directed at] me, Morgan. It’s Dana.” Also: “I think it’s cool to provoke something in people.” And, “You could look at most [TV] characters and see mixed reactions. I don’t know. I don’t take it personally. I think it’s kind of interesting to see people, like, spending so much time focusing on something like that.”

She’s even taken an acting tip from a Saturday Night Liveparody of the series: “SNL made a big deal of my hands and my fingers—I mess with my sleeves or something,” she says. “Which I’ve never even thought about. But I do do that, playing Dana. And now I notice, and now I’m self-conscious about it. It is like a caricature.”

Fortunately, Saylor gets to leave Dana behind for a character who is hopefully better received than her Homeland alter-ego. In the upcoming dramaJamie Marks Is Dead, Saylor plays a small-town teenager opposite Judy Greer and Liv Tyler, amongst others.